Template-assisted fabrication of free-standing nanorod arrays of a hole-conducting cross-linked triphenylamine derivative: Toward ordered bulk-heterojunction solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1415-1422

  Haberkorn, Niko ^a   Gutmann, Jochen S ^a,b   Theato, Patrick ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anodic aluminum oxide; Nanorod(s); Organic photovoltaics; Semiconductive polymer(s); Template assisted patterning; Triarylamine

Indexed keywords

ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SEMICONDUCTIVE POLYMER(S); TEMPLATE-ASSISTED PATTERNING; TRIARYLAMINE;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ASPECT RATIO; CURING; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS;

NANORODS;

EID: 67651216104     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900207a     Document Type: Article

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